Evening Star Newspaper, November 19, 1892, Page 7

THE’ EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON | “von ean bave one of “eth ‘chicken picm. if yovare im cnch dreadfal straits as all that | comes to.” said Sophia in a sarcastic voice. “I | should think you talked real pretty for a church member, Sam Brightman. Take one of ‘em D..¢.. SATURDAY. NOVEMBER ‘19. 1892-SIXTEEN PAGES. TO END A LETTER. REAL ESTATE GOSSIP. ages — = HON IN SWITZERLAND, A Service Managed by the Government an@ Made Cheap to the Peopts. AN OR1O “MIGHT HAVE BEEN” |THE THI than a business or professional kind. There are certain forms adopted by societies which ‘ople observe carefully. Members of the G. . 1, for example. sign ‘Youre fraternally” when writing to their comrades, and this form Democrats Thinks That if Hysell Had Been Nominated They Would Have Won, | tose of writing tri, Goma, and te foe = Corerenience The Fenn a on, |. THe Stree telephone pater hae been the | pon go haus a ea i a Js among moat benevolent aud secret 80- | a¢.14. ; Couvrnrs, Onto, Nov. 18, 1892. ect of investigation by Consal General | dogr." S9 Homer NS mina vou shuete P82"! The Proper Method Discussed at ‘ime= in the care of the Inst named | Millions of Dollars Spent Last Year} sh Sect Gin Shecgata ad | ee Par meeanee AW aR aan a “I don't want your pie,” said Sam Bright- accompanied by certain initials which express a It is now apparent thet if the democrats had meaning only known to the two correspondents, ers of St, Gall, Switzerland, In his report om man, and he coughed again. nominated N. R. Hiysell for secretary of state Som i uildi this inteceating subject Mr. Byera eave: The | eWell, you enn go without it then, if you @ Length, Clergymen (ften, in writing toone another, in New Buildings. instead of W. A. Taylor they would have car | Swiss telephone system being sbout the bes Jon't want it after all this rumpus,” returned — ! close Your brother in Christ.” and aa —_+ Tied the state. ‘Tbe circumstances under which | 4,1 1 Se Insapen ter wenkins a ae Sophia. “There's one thing I want to know. ns [or members of Cong:ess coming from the aya se La coche (| Sigian wan eleaiall Wirbtaakas sé anienean 1 nn, —— : What mas it you tipped over and broke inthe | EPISTOLARY ETIQUETTE. same state are apt to Besin thete letters “Dear |A NEW ERA OF PROSPERITY. anti ucihiig Acs: Dilan wana af tae — . ‘pee a ae ode ne | pantry y . a gener rment A. EM iaetaene [eT Guess "twas a dish,” replied Sam Bright- are fond of the form “Thy friend,” snd John G.. ————_ | It will be remembered that while the |; ane one > telegraphs eysteun #8 a ‘era Yi a man feebl; The Change That Has Taken Place From the | Whitticr, the Quaker poct, always used it, Business More Active and Brokers Feel © ce are eet tay cohesere of being | and it ie trol of the Wk) im . i i ma aver of na leveland ea tagt we th beth A Meh, what kind of « dich Resounding Formality of Our Ancestors— ARREST Cheerfa)—Substantial Reasons for the Pres- f#*0F of nominating nt carly samt CHINA depe rte Ament own {be tothe pubis ters ice ta better and chea| Difference Between Writing to » Woman and a Man—Some Good Suggestions. "spose it was one of ‘em nice covered ones. Now, I think you'd better go home, You enn that chicken pie or leave it, jest as you've amind to. If your folks are starvin’ the way you say they are, I guess you'll be glad ‘nough to take it: an’ if you try any such work again, you won't get off so easy.” Sophia listened for arepls or Sam Brightman’s retreating foot- steps, but there was dead silence from below. j summer, and all conventions of democrats reed him, the state convention, held here i | June, selected three anti-Cleveland men as | delegates-at-large to the natic conven- | tion—L. Neal, Senator Brice and Robert el being the onl "whe | favored ent Condition—Some of the Effectsof the Change in the Administration—Other Mat- ters. American Trade Opportunities in the Celes- tial Empire, Consul Simons at Hong Kong makes the fol- lowing report to the State Department upon American trade opportunities in China: AMERICAN PRODUCTS IX CHINA. As a future market for American and ce. inasmuch as the 52m fect, the rates WOULD JUST AS soon mako grand mis- takes in life, if 1 could always. be perfect in —__—_+ USINESS HAS picked up wonderfull mer of 1880, whea private company, iMculties with only of leveland’s nom g under many ‘Sam Brigh' \d Sophi is the comment of the | tion of the convention war ¢ mes. It was only a day service, and 2 “Sam Brightman,” said Sophia, ‘‘you speak. trifles.”” European products China, with its population averay real estate | ANd was received with vigor government was OPHIA HUED | .norch the Sunday after.and aleo the fine black | She trembled; vague alarm was siealing over 3 EF 4 ese rd | by democrats other 2 doge being renerved stood in her fro aw bonnet, with ite tuft of black satin roses, | her. “Sam Brightman,” the called agai im- ee ee vba grand aa “ont = broker when asked in| Eiover the tate. It cansed If to undertake the ~ Out ond her a ceriain solace. Sophia’s | peratively; but there was no response. Sophia mark made by a gentle- | any country not at present fully opened to the Tegard to the condition | of the party unmistakably in favor of thas time. Zurich hanes ee 3 1 been niggardly even with herself. | backed into her room, keeping her eyes toward man of Washington to| markets of the world. If we desire to secure of Gs auslnk From | nation of Clev When Sophia held the purse she was not nig- | the stait She shut the door and put a chair aud the mume : writer for Tm#| our proportionate sbare of this market, how- the change in the tone | vention was apidis meroaaing gardly with herself; the neighbors said she was | against it—there was no lock; then she lighted Star recently, and it | ever, our merchants must study more carefully of dealers it is evident | Men, and the defeat of Hyseli was at first used the extravagant. They watched some rolls of tap- a lamp and dressed hersejf. She even smoothed b: ht forth by a | than they have hitherto done both the national Chatthie alban a | door of those democrats, In this they were | In ne Company's ine rly call. | extry earpet, a new stove, @ new lamp, a new | her hair and looked scrutinizingly in the glass. Rect agp ih | characterimics of the Chinese and the pre- Situation is dif) corroborated by the fact that Tarlor | stru . ba rand bet Y wind, with chamber set’ and spring’ bed go into the house | “I look awful pale.” she muttered. . letter he had just re-| cise nature of their requirements. ‘he ferent from what itwas/waa one of the editors of the | ter to manufa r iteelf, and llof snow in | With wonder and doubtfnl approbation. “Well, | Then she took the lamp and opened the door ceived, which was| first may be briefly summarized as_fol- in the early fall months. | Cincinnati Engvirer, a paper openly op- | @ br of telem Sen eentas phia » and radtet | J bope the money'll hold out,” they said. | cautiously. Everything was still. Sophia stole signed “Yours, &c.,| lows: Intenso conservatism, a stolid disre- oa ee ight in Sophia’a face and ruffled While there have been | posed to Clew by the fact that | ph i ae w | softly to the head of the stairs, held up the * gard of personal comfort (according to our Seectineibase wes tom att nec But Sophia was shrewd enough; she kne pe He said further that he had made a 0 ctions, | T8¥ior, asa member of the Jackson Club of | trical applic PFO” | that the money would hold out, and there was | lamp before her and peered down. nie get letter, | Wiens). strangely combined in the wealthier | ot it is stated that Peetas tranmections, | (his el Se ee ee ele = and put it over her head asa hint, but Mrs | no. risk in her feathering her nest prettily, || There indeed lay Sam Brightman, poor, old | **dy of the question of how to end letter, | Ciacses ‘with lavish expenditure and great |? it a ratine of Buses | cited fered a reealuion to «in ne hurry to go: the wind was at although there were no opening months in it, | free-lance in the poverty and labor question, | and that he could never forgive aman for be- | display in their domestic life, and in busi- | Steadily increased. There is a demand for dently beings part of a plan to b her back and she did Hl h. if she enjoved it, And enjoy it she did. She | huddled in aforlornheapat the foot of thestairs. | ing ignorant of the proper forms to be used. | ness matters an extreme caution, amounting at | houses and for building sites. Property for | this state, aed pressed it with such persistence i@as acdc ce cae | rocked easily in her new stuffed chair over her | “Land sakes,” gasped Sophia, ‘“ho's in a fit.” | Perfection in triffes of thia kind he thought of | times to utter indiiference as to the adoption of | rent finds a good many applicants and | in the face of cverwhelming opposition. that it vice prove ent and the pablio Theard the Hopk ras goin’ to have | Tem varpet, and she slept. comfortably on her | She went down, her knees shook under her: t importance, modern ideas or inventions. These peculiari- ) attogether the real estate buwdnees hes ro- | MWe Hear splitting the club. Not only was |soon commenced wah A tid we Emma's bean tom she. how spring bed, with the carved ‘headboard of | she set the lamp on the stairs, bent over Sam | Seat impo 7 > thie ie | He8 are Well exemplified in tho Chines inbap- | "toReher the real esta aa e-| game nea splitting, the club,"""Not only was | soon, commen nl ee BY im indifferently. {he hedstend overshadowing her. She thought | Brightman, and touched his shoulders gingerly. |_ How oughta letter to end, anyhow? This is | jtants of our American. cities, who. after years | ¥@ ere is @ feeling in the air that | put Hysell would have been an exceptionally | with the city theater by use of the mic SS: pabard gaze at the old | honestly in her inaost soul that she was hap- | “Sam,” she called loudly at him, “Sam, what's | hardly a question of rule, but rather of taste. | of contact with their white neighbors, | Season of great activity -is just abead and strom conde, 2 th ceo halts ea Sex Packer’ win morgan aa atom an many women she knew who had large | the matter?’" You might, if you were ordering a sewing ma-| still cling to their hard, uncomfortable | conservative brokers look forward to the apring | have ajyealed with effect to the workingmen Mrs. families and little money, and were worried | Sam's face, upturned insensibly to the lamp- | chine by letter, precede your signature with the | chairs and couches, never even substi-| as the beginning of e*stronger and steadier | for support—an element that the result shows he eames Nc and overworked. Sitting early in church on a | light, was ghastly. Sophia trembled violently. | words “Yours, &c.,” but even there it would be | tuting the fenther or pillow for their neck- market, The present condition is pronounced | ¥™* Feds to desert the republican party any- Sete haw Sore Sunday. with her nice black skirt falling daint- | ‘‘Sam,” she called imperatively. with her shak-| better to write out’ what you mean, and the % P | ; ¥ hair when «h “Yeu,” anid «hs they'd got two « Shé see Henry UW I spose they're goir breaking wooden article, while they imported from Hong Kong alone last year over $400,000 worth of Chinese food prodiict and $53,000 of Chinese medicine: SSUDYING THE SITUATION. 0 ‘ was once a coal tobe healthy and fall of promise. It is not ex- | nt mate bimmif what hein Ie war eottatnle pected that there will be a boom next «pring | due to the fact that W. A. nas in the ordinary sense of that word, but it is | an “Enquirer democrat” and oppored to Cleve felt that the normal demand has caught up with | !nd that he ran behind his ticket in Cincin- | > ayetem of the country. of the private paid for at rates wary- mm $40 to S60 per station, and the ol iner and edacated | ily over her knees, her cashmere shawl arranged | in studied folds ‘around her unbending shoul- ders, her thin light hair in two carefally | crimped seallops over her temples and her bon- | in an unhurried bow, che | ing voice. “Sam, be you dead? Sam Bright- man, for the land sakes, do speak to me.” Sam did not stir. Sophia stepped over him and ran into the sitting room for the camphor bottle. She poured some over his forehead and recipient of the letter would be better pleased if you said “Yours respectfully.” or simply ‘Re- ‘spectfally.” You aro suppoved to hold him in acertain degree of respect. It would wv mani- th home, ken pie. tc ¥ transformed itself mto What ix now strings festly absurd to say “Yours faithfully.” In ; n : | nati and in this cits. known as the Society f rotechnice. By Sophia aroused to interest in spite of the ior | et mt ne Sean oe Ted bow: SN | held hor bandkerchist wet with ft £0 hie nore, | fostioet conan ondestiony cee bee etully in | The second point to be considered by the | the rather speculative movement Which more |’ Gut the democratic state convention did not | this tin littl lephone sub- din fi t fe, ain't the ten breakfast for a large family, pat the house | “Smell of it,” she panted, “Sam, smell of it. | probably the simple word “Respectfully” or | American merchant in the endeavor to open a = two years ago pushed prices up eat bad with electing anti-Clevelar seribers at Zurich by ed from 144 sud she, with a « lift of her nm in order, washed and dressed the children and | Be you dead, Sam; be you dead? Land sakes, | “Yours respectfully” or “Very respectfully.” | Chinese market for his products is, as I have | the business and the residence sections of the | celvcted a central comm “Well, Tgnes« they ain't got so much more to ; r nearly 1,000, strument to every fot laid ont the husband's clean clothes for him, | What shall I do!” city. In that inter the population has in- umn ry forty @> with than { said, the prec’ . | Mi ’ A CHANGE I¥ EPISTOLARY ETIQUETTE. @ nature of the requirements - * facilities | COmMMittec to manage the campaign in this | The old company ex- I guess th either. T heard Sam | which she realized no savor of regret. Sophia | Pushed him back. “‘Lay still,” said she, agi-| 7 try where there practically are no wheeled ve- | p etifina hese prices tnd changed their | 8d men. This fact was xo patent and so pro: with profit, The produ Poghtman’s folks wa T guess | Hurd had never had a love affair in her whole | tatedly; “lay still. You've had a bed spell, but | ¢pistolary etiquette, and the tendency nowa- | yi te8 and everything is transported on, the | a8 justified these prices and changed their | \oxing tothe few Cleveland democrats, who | tion of he use of th they won't have much 7 you're comin’ to. Lay still, Smell of ’ this tl days isto be informal, whereas our ancestors used every kind of resounding formality. When Gen. Washington wrote to his friend Gen. Mor- gan he signed the letter “Your obedient humble servant.” When he was most yielding and un- burdening his heart to the friend of his bosom | he signed “Your affectionate humble servant. People who in those days liked to be obsequions used the most extravagant expressions of hu- mility, frequently eaying “Your very obedicnt ments state was, carried on, but with small profits, as competi- tors, in order to get government contracts, did the work at ¢ ly low ‘The fret is worth 1 g. as it does, that in Swit- zerland government is not consid- rs a subject to be fleaced nt can make purchases and done at lower rates than individuals life; when she was a girl the young men were | all afraid of her. J always had a ready incisiveness of | d never any prettiness to soften it. | always been daintily appointed; there had never been an untidy lock nor a gaping seam but that had served only to intensify ap- parently the severity. When she had been a young girl, very youn, still going to the academy,with her hair cros: character from merely speculative into cur- rent values, Of conte, to some extent the improved pects are credited to the result of the re- cent national election, Real estate men recol- lect that times were prosperous during Cleve- Innd’s administration, and they think that it ix the most natural thing in the world that there should be a repetition of the same conditions when he is once more installed in the White hi shoulders phia jerk. and pnt if of barefooted is naturally little need or macadamized roads, and it is consequently absurd to” think of _in- troducing expensive American road-making machinery rock crushers, ponderons steam rollers and the like. Yet Iam constantly re- ceiving letters from Am‘ asking my assistance in i wind strack ps. which b. tat fe there paved coolies of camphire. “Where be I? moaned Sam Brightman, look- ing with piteous, bewildered eyes on hers, “Right here in my house—Sophia’s, Don’t | you know? Don't you remember? You've known me ever since we were children. You're | right here. Don't you worry.” Sam Brigntman was, for the time, past worry- jing. He shut his eyes and Iny with his mouth Were put upon the committee that they refused | to act with it. Congressman Tom L. Johnson and Congressman M. D. Harter, both members of the executive committee, never attended a single meeting of the committee, and Mr. Har- ter was so displeased with the kind of campaign | Chairman Farley was managing that he re- ested the committee not to interfere with the campaign in his congressional district. here ain't pt by shittn the mone roduciug these ean. other machinery, such as saw and planing mills, ‘ : y pees The year 1856 already showed that the tele- yu shea“ gargs ae hee he open, panting feebly. | “Sam Brightman, look | humble servant.” No man now, and certainly | mowing and thrashing machines and harvesters | 20use. There are others who take the view DRIPPED MOLTEN METAL. phone system in. the bi { the state could ke the weights in ba Sea anes niente Mia oe Pe eee? | here," maid Sophia, suddenly. no American, could, bring himself to stoop s0| all qually absurd in their inadaptiity to the | at erates tain dagdibilensn ache oc ; = be made to more than pay expenses, and even 8 And youth giving its one fleeting charm to ber | He opened his eyes wearily. : yr» | low. The form of “obedient servant” has now | requirements of a country where there are no | (Pendent upon the mere incidente of | Neck or | BFOOklyn’s alton Street Made Dangerous | with re: rates to subscribers the net profits ¢ clean, sharp blonde face, this very Sam Bright | “How longis it since youhad anythin’ to eat?” | almost disappeared, but a few conservative | large farma or plantations and where human | © tactach with Sea. cecatees af kus Chur eemaek by a Trolley Wire. were over 130,000 francs, That year showed mau, whou she and Mes. Packer had discussed, | Sam did not reply; his pale face took on an | people still use it, aud in England it is comraon, | labor is eo cheap as to be a drag in the market. G qockel Maameicl Aomreaere nueectine’ aks | Mieun tee Meow ock Iaieuing hesenad 5.000 subscribers and 41 circies. In 1887 the had gone home with her once from the ringing | Cbstinate look. ses __ |. People differ in the form they use, some pre- | For certain of our products, on the other |® Fe? eT oie! There are plenty of people in Brooklyn who | "*>seribers increased to 6,000 and long-die- ain with faculty f had kissed her at the gate, and she had | “I believe you're starvin’,” said Sophia | ferring one form to another, but you can gen | hand, such ns flour, Ketosens clocks, reat ag ot A tance telephones were introduced, connecting dy's Fook out but the asly slapped his face in return. ‘That one | *barply. “I nover heard of such doin's. A erally see a cold, self-contained ature inthe | watches, knit. goods, ‘urabrell , there OVER NIXE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. predict « big accident sooner of later upon | diticrent Swiss cities, as well #» places in ( : soup genie ish admiration had been her last, | Pretty piece of work, T should call it. | Don’t | man who never relaxes when he closes his let- | is already a largo ‘and steadily inereasing| There are substantial facts which can be cited | Fulton street from the overhead wires which | many. In. thin ; she can't cut out a you know no better than to do this way? Now and. 3 2 N f t was strange, but she had never forgotten it. fhe thought of it when poor ‘Sam Bright. | man. bent and haggard with his long toil in his | fenitless vineyard of life. had stood by her woodpile asking leave to cat it and so earn a | \ few for bimself and his half-starved de- | year the government experi- mented with the Rysselberg system of nsing the telegraph wires between Basel and Zurich for telephone purposes. The experiment was net a success, ‘Telephone nots oF cizcles were established im mans small towns and communes, but only in ter. In writing toa friend it is rather mean- ingless to close by simply saving, “Believe me, yours truly.” If you want to be emphatic you may say simply, “Your friend.” ‘This means volumes, and 10 man should suffer himself to use it to more than five or six people. It would demand; while I ‘am convinced that man: of our mechanical inventions, such as small gi engines, foot lathes, printing presses, and espe- pecially American band tools and’ hardware "y description, would find a ready caio if the Chinese were once convinced of theit an” Elin she was got married toa mana g was lucky be white-livere« hey had faculty enough an’ as for Sum he know but he de in"eupport of the assertion that the city is Prosperous. For example, the annual report | of the building inspector, which has just come out, gives a total of the money expended dur- the past fiscal year, which is not only you lay still; don’t you try to get up. Sophia went hurriedly into her parlor bed Toom and got some pillows and comfortables; then she arranged Sam Brightman as easily ns she could at the foot of the stairs, She kept enjoining him not to move lest he should faint operate the trolley cars of the City Railroad Company. Already there have been several narrow escapes from mishaps to these wires. One occurred at about 10 o'clock yesterday morning. At that time there is usually a crowd like her, an al more so. It ere’s them three er be strany a t never | pendents, All the boyish spirit and prettiness | = ut of him, and he had been a brave, . Sophia, elderly and enveloped in a hard and regretiess maidenhood, had stood in | the doorway holding a shawl well over her face | that she might not | sharp bargain bis work well m be can git it, an” old Tilly, an’ he nity business fa work whether some He cut jek. pected grag fr and yet had thought of that old ch cold, trying to drive a again; and he showed little disposition to. His last stress of mind had quite exhausted Lim for the time; nobody would ever know how little he had eaten and how much he had worried for the last few mont!%. Sophia Hurd was methodical in all her ways if any one had actually more genuine friends than that. But when you scribble a note to your intimate acquaintances you may relax and finish it “yours,” which is equivalent toa nod of “good da: But suppose you are writing to a woman— how should your note be signed then? That This can never be ac- ¢ the policy hitherto followed by of flooding the country with descriptive trade ci culars and illustrated catalogues. The one thing needful above all others to larger than any previous year, but shows a great advance over the record fore. During the year ended June $0, 1892, there was spent in brick and mortar the’ great sum of over $9,000,000, an increase over the pre- vious year of $1,250,000. Thisisan unprecedented increase. As a rule the records of the building of the year be- | of vehicles of all descriptions on that portion of Fulton street between the city ball and Flat- bueh avenue, where the large dry goods and | furniture stores are located. The trolley wire which is to operate the De cases where the commune itself guaranteed @ certain part of the business and paid part of the expenses, In 1888 the subscribers had in-* creased to nearly 7,000 in Switzerland, with some 8,000 stations and nearly 12,000 kilometers of wire. There were over 8,000,000 calls. ia methodical in all her ways h ar f That | convert the splendid possibilities of the future | nerenee, Asa rule the records of the building | Kalb avenue cars connects with the 3d ave- THE YEAMLY ‘CO*T. ° ie io - | st night she always left her kitchen fire ready | depends upon the woman, but you may make | into aremunerative certainty is personal ing | 8P¢ctor's of yearly ; ; i e ran ere's oll Me. Thomas will cut it cheaper, | CuIgAD Mian. Bhs Wy ose agty ox tan ane | Oo MaMAlin ihe mnorsligy Now allshe tall | ons quuieel rule’ (hattttu telictant es ce (te ee Patient explana- | OMY in the number of dwellings erected, but in | nue frolley car wires at ihe junetion just oppo- Rarmtapedbadtcame ya Sorbie oot os 3 besides workin: rT gues. I ain't goin’ | rhyme in the prose of her life, and kept sing- | do was to touch a match to it and sct on a| with the words “your friend” unless you area {tion of their advanta by intelligent smount expended in improvements of | 5° 2 going uptown, had just passed this epot | VY * Kovernment tn 1865 was 979.791 franca, Ser carightman if I know which side | i? iteclf in her eara, foolish es it wae ‘That | little kettle of broth left over from her chicken | young man writing to an old woman or.an old | agente, and the costem™ once secuved sane cai eo gba naa aarp eal g PONY tages a Hef cepost, Sallewel The earnings were 208.505 francs above ex- ac opp ey mam | night before Thanksgiving, when she lay drow-| pies. When it was hot she emptied it into a | man writing toa” young wo only be retained by absolute integrity and | Rrester than others, but the pest year stnnds | ist tia, as though 2 Diz ayecenet kaa|pemscs, From this dato on the escountoe? on pen Packer. | Her+ sly in her camber, she thought of it again, and | Raat aut cxrcloW it; wok wapeen 45 pone tick | poopie a maa a0 Siepeae erence [eden eae part of the American mer-| O¥tasa banner year in the building record. . 3 Haj | ® ¥ague and half-reluetant fancy came into her | “i. , mind of what her life might have been had she ‘oy | Rot repulsed that first kiss, “There'd been turkey ‘nongh to go ‘round, | and pies anyhow,” she said to herself. “i Brightman. “Now you jest set up an’ drink thi she, and she might have been Sam's mother from her tone. Sam made an effort to sit up, but sank back’ been set off. ‘The report and this hissing sound came from the overhead trolley wires, wich ignited at the point of connection. Ther spluttered and burned and dropped large clods of burning sol- to be in search of friendly rejations, but rather relations of a more tender character. In th kame way only say to your female relations, “Yours affectionate ‘0 matter how well you kuow a woman You may be sure sho honing and telographing were combined and app separately nger; but in the ear the number of subscribers imeressed to above 8,000, and in 1890 there were 10,49 lephone stations in the country and 17,000 ‘The increase in the total value of the improve- ments made in the city during the year 1891 oaly amounted to about $50,000 as compared with the year 1890, .As will be seen, the increase | chant, as the Chinese are shrewd traders, and their ‘confidence in an individual dealer, once shaken, can never be regained, BUSINESS DEPRESSION. ; f 1*92 over 1891 is many times as great. ; - “I regret to say that t depression pre-} “ro “ ete ps a backs | kilometers of line. This bad crept ap from the ose he'd bave lifted the turkey in un’ out of | #gain. ‘Can't you set up?” said she. You | mands fecling more interesting than affection (ace es Tee aeaiitving tentarect ses Sgares io) the] See a ing of 144 teleshones in Zurich @ No, I ain't.” returned Sophia, ina sharp, | “P cpete ee ee try, peu've gck. Oo dclak Gils cr vou cunh ect | from you. Of comes. che asa’ lave soa anc | YoU? 12 sll branches of busing silures | fact that this excess may be attributed in great | ns ves passing ; ~4 decisive tone. New topics were vearcely en- | the —= = Cok erarys _—— Sa lar eae Se | brother; bebdf-thtage have got to that lament- | have beon numerous, and that condition known | part to the erection of new dwellings. During pease yor peg wire fell across —— aa oo noeenns tite aeep Ob willie oa aur cupit ons were marideming in | poo, pommel’ pe robes Mindinoase” | Masamada ansthee ofext eld Th back. able pass you and she will not be apt to corre- | all over the world as ‘luck of confidence’ is | the fiscal year just closed there were 2,917 new | tracks and canse pedestrians wear ‘or the land sakes," said Sophia, and her voice had an odd quizzical teriderness. ‘Well, open your mouth.” She extended a spoonful of hot broth, the fragrant steam of it came in Sam's face; he year to each telephone. allows 800 calls to eac tra charge. ‘The usual charge to subscribers for te is $94 for the first year, £20 for the second year “Wel said Mra. Packer, Cyrus an’ the a» I said before pecel kouses pit up, an increase over 1891 of 783 houses. The increase of 1891 over 1890 in the number of new houses wae only 21. Every one | interested in property appreciates the import- ant bearing on the material mterests of a ‘The government Lb subscriber without ex- widely felt. Stocks of uli kinds, even those pay- ing the normal dividends, have fallen. enor- mously, while the number of companies in pro- cess of liquidation is a clear indication of the absence of that atmosphere of gei | make very hurried stops awa: | _ It was nearly fifteen minutes before the elee- ic current could be ehut off and the broken wires removed. Then there was a block of all the cars on Fulton street, and this was not re- m going to have | Lildren an’ brother Ezra’s folks, | It makes considerable to de. | Sophia pressed her lips contemptuously in the dark as che thought of Sam Brightman's gentle, passive wife. It was a dark night, the wind still plew, the sky was overcast and the moon would not rise till midnight. | SOX GOOD SUGGESTIONS, When you have only s general acquaintance | witha woman and have occasion to write to | her sign 3 capt | ald most think ad fe 3 if you'd ; des o 3d 4 and less than $16 per year from thon on. fell asleep and slept so soundly that | shut his lips tight. urself “very sincerely yours Perity so essential to the sue Siaramnmtty ct he erection of new houses, | Ss ted to gut over the buraet-cot Locsin hy | waee sleesdy, O00 calle per post anselawel 0 home « » things.” interrupted | Sophia fell asleep a start che thought | _ ‘You open your mouth thie ‘minate,” said | you begin to know her better you ma y perhaps | enterprises, Kale Seis 2 comes seboet ty) et ee Taaiion shoul ended ne thay sanean | suueeel c that number are abe was quite fence, | hour high, the clouds had cleared before it aud | Sophia fed the whole bowl of broth, spoonful | to “always faithfully yours,” then it is only a of Se ee tag | until the wire could be picked up again, Seeebe e ee cet hex with inncosat | sus co light that she could see evarything’| by tpoonfil, to tam’ Brightamn cules nec | sp ito devotedly sours,” and finally sox ma Se ae iatn nea att ca ins libs pepninin ereee Suma Ceren on sea toe | awe Mailer nockdcahe pobarred ea iedb Gon credulity: abe could not © that parks fi chetior S falg har’ chee the lust stage of progress and close ars, which, itis claimed, las drained e 4 busines expands and im- sbesegice ys ; faltered. |" sue tk up bi bad aad Sebeaed. She bad a | Sess ere peice Nat cet Don thers Canee’ | Suake™ oc Uolts octebaibrer gees macte raed on | colony of waaay iililons of dallars; eats second, | ovement, ot various Kinds dollew. ‘hero [at Bae Ur Tallon ce Dane eee AT En: | insh. ook on moony of Mas taieeatas Sanaa woo lange =| _Stased, Lien tua she kel hard atvinare | such be eeu mete recognized | There ix no mista ogc ot that, nk | the ever-reourcing question of S<change: Mee-_| must baatger andl better Stores to! sappty the | ee ee eng ease na cn: | ashe baghoeine teh eee Eel Oe ‘shal 12h | opened somewhere in" tho house. Presently | as hers, uor the, had the seen hervelf ia dhe | tsstupid of a man always. to, afere to one | chauts who purchased goods at a time when the | Needs ‘of “an increaeed namber of peop, ot solder fell 10 the street. When the last | economy ate ‘very great. ‘The employes ate that yeWd | filcre camo a sharp clatter from below. It | glass, "It was tho look of a mother feeding «|| form. “A wolnat ciamincs the letiers she gets | Mesican dollar was worth 85 or 80 conta. in | opportunities prevented for establishing | ventioned cross wires were ignited one of them | better trained then’ in private companies, ad ray had a ! sounded as if somebody had let a dish fall | child, and with itm curious averted effect: agit | Darrowly at aces in them meanings. that “tho | KOld must now efter dispave of theta at a. loas | new lines of busizost, rope ‘front « moses of ’ bee and | Sophia got out of bed, slipped on her shoes and | | stockings, put om her dress skirt and a shawl, | then she went ont bolilly to the head of the back | were nearly opposite her door. stened; there was certainly some one | moving about below. She clutched the stair | She bad not yet fully taken in Sophi n- ing. Her own aggravating points were suc urely negative ones that people seldom felt at berty to retaliate. and when scarcely knew what thes dden red flusked over or advance their prices, 1 alw ave their positions are xceured te the she were turning shamefacedly from her own eyes. When the bowl waa drained she got upg from her knees and carried it into the kitchen ied There, I guess you'll feel better now,” said she with’a half laugh. “You lay still’ a few writer sipposes would e: ‘She can tell with more or less correctness the humor and real fecling of the writer—whether he is ing because he wants to or because he has to. She can tell if there isa note of insincerity often, for the studied compliments that ar dropped in front of the noses of a team horses attached toa Gates avenue car and the animals actually stood upon their hind legs and screamed from fright. Ss Cousoling a Tramp. d the latter course is A SUBSTANTIAL GRowTH. followed by a coniraction in the amount Money becomes more plentiful and ina short rally believed, indeed, that the | Wile all the conditions exist which tend to | “business of the colony has not | make a prosperous community. It will not be y suffered, while the shipping, on which | surprising, therefore, that the busiaess outlook too, assures p versally ackn management by atiention, dged in Switeerland, the » state has resulted in econ- large, dull £ was no reply; the notse ceased. “Who's movin’ ‘round down stairs?” she called out again, and the silence continued. “There's somebody down there,” said Sophia, and her voice sounded still firmer and bolder. heard you and I'm going to find out who you are. You can't git out of that winder agai at no door without my hearin’ o” then I shall look out an’ see who you . Its bright moonlight. You'd ouzht to e thought of that, whoever you are, before you come thievin’. You've got yourself into a the gute with a clumsy sidewise jolt of | iP whole body. Sophia shut the front door with « bang and went into the warm sitting room. She stood ¢lose to the air-tight siove anc spread her lo he's gone off m go when they start to it's Was told. She always makes the heft | nthe doorway. Standing there in dt. I shoukin't w ues sobedy nee | pretty scrape, I gues you'll find out. Now, in the he 1 m goin’ toset right here an" hark. You can’t | with appea sur without my hearin o' you, and you needn't | hy passed the think you can.” iia, ansé Sophia sat down on the top stair and waited look dread? ed. There was no sound from belo’ tered. enly the parrot fluttered and screeched his The kitchen was full bulary in an agitated medley: | spicy odors. 8 plum pudding and a ehicken | “Hullo, Sophi! Clear out. Warit a cracker? | Pie were baking, aro’ of new pics and some | How's your health?” Sophia knew that the | euke stood cooling ander the pantry window, | Unknown person below had moved. Un the hitehen table was a great turkey “y * she called out when the another ehickon adv for the ¢ n. mor bad lulled alittle. “I heard stove oven to see how oa needn't think you can cheat me.” progressing. The e wax silence ag Sophia listened. im her f she ere until the clock struck two and rd nothing more. She was trying to per- suade herself that she had imagined the territ ced southwest, nd fia ing sounds and imight safelv return to bed, by the wind, when there came a sudden choking cough from parrot in a wire ca bele . i he arose and leaned far over the stair rail. 1 Sophin with ‘Sam Brightman,” she called, “you're down when sh he there. You can't cheat me. I know yourcough. * ing ¢ . Sopht, how's your health? Now vou just tell me what you're prowlin’ ‘round my house in the middle of the night for. I shoutd call it pretty work.” There was no answer. “Sam Brightman,” che said again, and her tone was quite fierce, you spenk this minute. wn there? You can't cheat me. n cough in meetin’ for ten years. you, brightman, you that church member, that's @ church member, prowhn’ d women’s houses in the middie of the I ‘spose you think mebbe you've got a ty for stealin’ if you ain't got none for . What you after down there? You speak or I shall get dressed and come down.” There was silence still. You, Sam Brightman,” said Sophia, “jest as sure a+ you don’t speak and tell me what you're after Uli have the sheriff come in the mornin’ an’ take you to the lock-up, Now, what are after? There was another cough, and it sounded un- expectedly from just below ber. “I'm after Want cracker Sophia went into the tention He heard lare, I guess [ve lamed uy groaned when she had tought to have lifted leave it outon the a inne someting to eat for my wife and daughter and “Hullo, sopii,” screeched the parrot, which grandchildren,” answer a man’s voice with a bad been hstening on cal gruff defiance in it. ae inin'tgotacat or w dog, it's parrot that can pick the aecanary bird.” said Sophia, able for me to eat up | ¥ an’ them two chicken | “Somethin’ to eat? 1 should think you'a took a pretty way to get it. Ain't you ashamed o° yourself. Why don't you go to work?” ““Mebbe you can teli,” replied the voice from “Well,” said Sophia, and her tone wasa little subdued. “If you're so bad off as all that why didn't you come an’ ask for victuals?” “Because I'd rather steal than beg; when I've i Pay dhat Pve ge L vos, inated d « I « going to be that great tar! mixed up another cake. 6 and chicken pie were d. again. It was $0 When the pud- ne she filled up the | ock that exening her Thanksgiving cooking was all finished, worked jest as hard as I knew how all my life he coches washed anc the Kitchen putin order” | it makes me feel Tore lke 8 man,” repied Sam Tues che went to bed. Ske was lonely wo- | Brightman, fiercely. “Eain't no call to beg. her own kindred wece ail dead and goue | If Lean't have my share, an’ them that belong ago: had no husband ner chi wf can't have their share of the things in sel nebedy to come bome to Thanksgiving. | this world by any fair meang. if folke won't let Be: sobody im the village had better | us, I mean tohave ‘em whether or no. I've ler than she. She was one of those a wo ud a certain Joy independent of all Sento tons in possession: no lonelivess could . tonight from complacent re- a spon those loaded —_pantr; shelves ‘There was more than she needed, batehe had it. And after all it was not merely *<jueston of material need and supply, but of ell the uatural craving of a lonely and self-cen- At would necessarily take much of this ‘omer food to satisty that, but satisfy that it ‘on certain extent, and always had. After tas | | ‘em, an’ Pll get fed. thieves alive Sophia» mother died and left her in the | ment has some house and in the world the black | it don’t for good What are you doin’ | the pantry and packed it with food. She set in one Of the chicken pies at the bottom. Presently she heard Sam staggering into the room. “Here's « basket for you to take home,” raid she. “I never heard of such work.” She did not turn her head. Sam made no reply. He went straight toward the door, unboited and opened it, and the night air rushed in. “Ain't you goin’ to take this basket?” asked Sophia, | Sam made no reply. | Sophia fo He stepped ont weakly. lowed after him with the basket. tequal to carryin’ o' it CU go with aid. “I shan't’be afraid to come It'sax light as day and the neighbors abed, so there won't nobody see us.”” don’t want your basket,” said Sam, with fecble gruffness, pushing it back as she ap- proached him. Well, I should call it pretty work. Why Had you ruther have stole in?" bes, 1 had,” said Sam, fiercely. feebly down the walk and she stood looking \after him. “Hullo. Sophi,” the parrot sung | out with a wild flutter when she went in. She | unpacked the basket and set the food carefully | away. Then she locked the door, put a stick in the window whercby Sam Brightman had en- tered and went to bed again. ¢ could not sleep any, and heard the town clock when it struck the hours until morning. She got up at the first light and dressed herself again, When she brushed her hair before the glass she ran out her tongue and looked at it anxiously. “It looks feverish,” said she. | She made herself a bowlful of sage tea for \her breakfast. It was her panacea. She had been brought up to consider it a salutary and comforting draught; and this morning #he really felt ill, she thought. So seldom had her deter- mined calm been infringed upon that its dis- turbance impressed her like a real bodily ail- ment. After she had finished the sage tea she heated the oven and put in the turkey to roast, then cleaned the vegetables for dinner. At 11 o'clock the rich odor of the roasting turkey permeated the whole house. The vegetables were steaming. She sat down by the kitchen window and re- jected. The bells were ringing for meeting; evers- body in the viliage Was going, except the house- wives who needed to stay at home to prepare don’t you want He went | i the Thanksgiving dinner. It was a nt morning; the wind had gone down, and there was a heavy white frost; the yard and the fields were covered with it, the dry grass bent stifily, and the rocks showed shining silver white sur- race. : “If sent anythin’ over there to eat,” said Sophia, “I dunno what Sam would say. I don’t | darse to.”" Dling of the boiling vegetables. Spent ine e Senos Gentian at opie i of green feathers, watched her keenly, “I dunno, ut on other dress an’ my an’ went over an’ asked ‘em all t0 dinner, "d resent {8,” said Sophia, “an'I get Sam to one side’ an’ tell him to keep about last night, an’ that I'd be glad to let in my woodland to cut; it'll lays stress not only upon the cl of aletter, but upon the begin: ‘ou omit to say “my dea simply “dear ——," sh: little tritle of the “my” is made more of men than by men. The latter usuall; difference and they begin their letters with imply “dear ——" or “my dear indis- criminately, but it is not 40 with many women. They regard it of importance, and if they hko you begin with the “my,” and if they suddenly ‘drop it you may be certain you have displeased them in some way. In beginning a letter there is not much lati- tude. A fewold peopie like to begin “My dear friend,” and it ix quaint and pleasant, but whatever you do, don’t begin a Ictter to body “Friend Smith,” or “Friend John.” Tt isa mark of lack of education, and is altogether abominable. Cull the man you are writing to “dear,” unless you know him very slight) wish to quarrel with him, in which case begin in writing a letter’in which you insult aman, or return to him the insult he has given you, you should be very careful not to give him any advantage over you, and consequently your form of address must be carefully at- tended to. Begin the letter thus: “John Smith, esq., Boston, Mass. Sir:” Then go on and teli him be is a’ perjured villain; that he doesn't pay his debts; that he is a notorious coward, aud that you will punch bis head when- ever or wherever you may happen to see it. But you owe it to’ yourself to close the letter properly, and the most approved form among educated quarrelers is: “Your obedient sers vant.” Don't say “respectfully,” or “truly, for that is not true, but you are “his obedient servant” in the sense that you aro at his service to give bim a thrashing, if yow think you are able to do it, SIMPLY NONSENSE, The word “truly,” it may be remarked, should never be signed by itself. Tociose “Very truly, John Smith,” is simply nonsense, To say it is true you are yourself is what you have done. In the same way the expression sometimes used in oficial correspondence, ‘I have the honor to be, John Jones,” is ridiculous. Is i to you to be yourself? And supposing it is, i it in good taste for you to say #0? It is just a easy to put inthe little word that makes sense out of what would otherwise be nonsense. Of course nobody can really stop to consider the actual truth of the assertion with which a letter ig closed. You would hardly walk up to a man who yeu know is a moan fellow and say, "My dear fellow, I really do respect you,” yet you write to him and sign your letter “respectfully It is not mendactousness on your part mains, versal dullness nd credit con- tracted,"and there are no reliable indications of aspeedy improvement. sedoec eee Septha’s Latch K. From the Detroi ‘Mrs. Jones was going to the theater with her sister and her sister's husband. Mr. Jones could not go, 60 she borrowed his Intch key. “Don't lose it, that's all I've got to say.” re- marked Mr. Jones as he handed the key to his it's the third or fourth I've had to get “L never borrowed it before, Jeptha,” said Mra, Jones, with dignity. “Well, don’t lose it, that’s all,” continued Jones, using his pet phrase. hope that is ail,” said Mrs. Jones, “but please tell me how to ‘use it. Shall I sit’on tho ae ul wait for the door to come round, ‘on do. ‘m not used toa night key and I know how'much trouble this one gives you. Suppose it should try to get in noxt door, us it did with you once when you came near being shot for a burgiar?” “Mrs. Jones “Ttell you what I'll do, Jeptha, T'll sit on the steps and sing ‘wait-till-tne-clouds-hie-by, at the top of my voice the way you do when youcome home late. Then I won't need the key and there'll be no danger of my losing it. Yeu'll know it’s me and come down to let me in, And asJones hadn't another word to say, Mrs. Jones went off without the key. ——_+ee Greasy Pippin—‘‘Well, what cheek! ‘Beware of the dag.’ Git outen de road if yer don't ‘want me ter step der life outen yer!” new dwellings erected in this city during ‘the st year, an inercase as compared with the cfore of nearly 800 houses. It ix not claimed that all these new dweilings were built for are occupied by new comers to the city and that on a basia of a family of five persons to each house that the population of the city dur- ing the past year has increased | some 15,000 souls. No doubt a good proportion of who moved from other houses in the city. But still it is known that there are no great number of empty houses, and it is further appreciated that this activity in building has not gone on in the absence of any demand for additional resi- dences, growing rapidly, and as this fact is well attested there need be no further search for the cause for the present prosperous condition of busi- ness in all branches, PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE CABINET. of the government will not affect the real estate interests here in the direction of placing upon the market for sule residences of the character usually occupied by cabinet officers. With the exception of Mr. Wanamaker none of the mem- bers of the present cabinet own residences in this city. Mr. Wanamaker, as is weil known, bought the residence of ex-ecretary Whitney, and as itis probable that Mr. Whitney will be influential in the coming administration it is not improbable that he may want a home this city. It is quite within the range of may buy back from home. It is quite likely that th: ‘ill be men: ot mene te'he, Clevelanita caliest ant they will naturally desire to have fine residences here of their own. Mr. Cleveland himself will probably secure a residence for bimself as he did eight years ago. THE WEEK'S RECORD. During the past week nincteen permits were issned for the erection of buildings in: the northeast section of the city, the value of which is given as $28,600, For the northwest section there were eighteen permits taken out, involy- ing an expenditure of $37,825. In the south- cast section there were nineteen permits to cost $50,000, and in the county nine. ting £25000" - There were no permits iseued for new buildings in the southweat section. ‘Tho ground has just been broken on Georgia avenue and K street southeast for seven houses, which L. Callisher will erect from plans pre- by George W. Grove, architect. The jouses will have selected red-brick fronts and all the modern improvements, and will make quite an addition to this aeighborhood. Avenermble colored citizen on Bates strect was shoveling coal ashes into a barrel Friday, and the rising dust bad clung to his features ear | a/ the new houses have been occupied’by people | There is no doubt that the city is| ‘The prospective change in the administration | sibilities that he | akr.'Wanamaker his old | on a baggage track on the depot platform, his chin in bis hands and his eyes fastened on the big toc of his right foot, which had escaped from the dilapidated shoe. Suddenly he looked up and asked: “Gentiemen, 18 there not one among you who will advise me to go west and grow up with the | country—to leave this overcrowded and dollar- | grasping east for a career on the bfoad plateaus of the opeu-handed west?’ ‘There were a dozen of us standing around, | but no one offered him advice. A fat man jingled a big watch chain and seemed about to say something. but he changed bis mind and began to whistle. “Gentlemen,” continued the tramp, “I want to be told that I hain’t got no energy or amt tion—that I'm lazy and rhiftless—that it'e all my fault I'm down where Iam, Won't you | sort 0° go into acaucus and appoint a com- mittee to wait on me and stir me up to real- izin’ sense of the situati . Nobody moved except a tall man clad ina linen duster and other things. He began t hem and haw, as if about to remark that the mecting would now come to order, but some- thing broke, and he sat down ona trunk tied up with a clothesline and choked himself. “Feller citizens!” appealed the tramp beld out two pars, on which all the real in that county was gradually settling. | to hear some of you call me an old bum, and a | loafer, and a liar. I want to be told that I can give o heathen thirty points aud then beat him. I want some man with a voice like a bass drum todemand of me why in blazes I don't wash up, git my hair eut, and change my ¢hirt. so that lightnin’ wouldn't be ashamed to strike me! Yes, feller citizens, I'm waitin’ It did soem for a moment as if aman who was hobbling about on a cane and talking about Hot Springs and the rheumatism inten | Fespond. He started forthe tramp, but stopped hort, felt in his coat-tail pocket for his etucle case and then decided to si | box goiug by express and marked, this rooster at Cleveland.” “appeal to you in the name of humanit, said the tramp. when he saw bow things were going. “Idon't want money | for old duds, Tearry my own cholera prevent- | ive and cure right in this bottle. What i want is advice—plain talk—vigorous English lan- guage. I'm driftin’ to the gutter. I'm ripe for state prison. I've gotno more moral bliga- tion than an alligator. Today and now is the time. Tomorrow it will be too late. Come and stir me up! .If you haven't gct command of lan, suituble to the occasion, put your boot ag'in me and open my eyes to the peril of my situation. Gentlemen, come and sce me ‘He turned about and assamed a favorable at- titude, but no one advanced to kick him. Four or five of the crowd invelantertt y Cary the right foot, but next moment bad regained con- trol of themselves, A little, old, bow-backed ae he estate “I want framp wajted in a stato of four minutes, and then “Waal, feller critters, I can't say that ‘Thtame g bs sce y anda perfect service. Like the post and a who’ ‘ | . i” , e = its ver: tence depends, shows, as we have | is bright and that greater activity is noted | From the New York Sun. = “ post. “Who's there?” she called out in a bold | minutes longer an’ I guess you can get up. carfully written are very different from the | i Pr ino stag var! ray 5 i is ji the telegraph ystems of the country, the tele on, Sophia,” she said, with a vs > P- seta a |eeen, ‘a healthy incre: But the fact when it is known that there were neariy 3,000 body had noticed him particularly as be sat of dignity. and went down the | YO: She got a basket down from the top shelf in | ©#Feless ones that come from the heart. She althy inerea: we fact re | pa phone system is owned by the state manages 1t with ane} lie good. soe (The Marquis From the London Globe Chestnuts. An eccentr jected by a beauty of the second empire, hired & coster's stall, planted himself on the curb op- posite her door, and eyery day used to send im a pint of eb in the heart of which pearls, rubies and di, were concesled. After @ week the fair o: 4 and bestowed her hand upon ber dev dadmirer. But the m quis has since been ruined how earns living in strevix of Paris by the same method which formerly enabled him to storm, love's citadel. 1 hope, in the interests of romance, that th: ury itwelf not a chestnut, “ coo To the Front Always. From the San Francisco } xaminer. In this city is a bright ge how to do anything and everything just a litle Detter than any oncclse"in all the world. He instructs boat builders how to build boats and at yachts. Artists are | given gratuitous it » in how to paint Pictures and wathors in the pleasant pastime of writing books. Lawyers are told off-hand be to conduct cases, and, as for merchants, the in- formation given them about businoss is wit out stint. Lansing Mizner, jr, is now telling this story on the geuticman ‘of such universal knowiedge: “During the tast big carthquske X. anal were tooming together. Just ax the earth was at ite wiggiiest, when the walls cracked, the chandelicrs swang dizzily and from the pant came the despairing crash of a fortune in ckery. . Hie first words were: “Hold on, Lord. Lét me show you.’ $296 She Enjoyed the Debate, From Judge. Her father (interestedly)—“And you really joy your society for the higher enlture of en, women Minnie (enthusiastically)}—“Indeed I do, im- mensely. Hier fether—“What was the subject yester- terday, for instance?” Minnie (reflectively)—“Oh, yesterday? Let ‘me see. Ithink the question for debate was something about some subject that some pro- femor has beon lecturing on somewhere, but up in one corner we talkeg about those new hats with the fanny crow — —— In the Right Place, From the New York Truth.